Russell Elevado (born in 1966 in the Philippines), is a recording engineer and record producer raised in New York City. Elevado's achievement for recording and mixing R&B; recording artist D'Angelo's critically acclaimedVoodoo album, gained him a Grammy award in 2000. In 2009 he was nominated for best engineered album of the year for recording Al Green's "Lay it Down" which also won 2 Grammy awards. Elevado has worked with some of the most influe...
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Russell Elevado (born in 1966 in the Philippines), is a recording engineer and record producer raised in New York City. Elevado's achievement for recording and mixing R&B; recording artist D'Angelo's critically acclaimedVoodoo album, gained him a Grammy award in 2000. In 2009 he was nominated for best engineered album of the year for recording Al Green's "Lay it Down" which also won 2 Grammy awards. Elevado has worked with some of the most influential artists and producers of his time. His work is considered to have a "vintage sound" and he remains faithful to analog recording techniques and equipment in the modern era of digital recording. He is one of only a handful of engineers and producers who still prefer analog tape as their recording medium which sets him apart from most of his peers. Other notable artists that Elevado has worked with include Alicia Keys (Elevado mixed her commercially successful debut single "Fallin'"), The Roots, Erykah Badu, Roberta Flack, Blackalicious,...
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